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Zou Zengtang (b. 1936) was born in Zoujia Village, Shangdian Town, Binzhou City, Shandong Province. He is one of the interviewees appeared in the documentary The Starving Village (2010) by Zou Xueping. In this interview, Zou Zengtang talks about the starvation and deaths during the Great Famine. The transcript of this interview has been translated into English.

Zou Quantang (b.1955) was born in Zoujia Village, Shangdian Town, Binzhou City, Shandong Province. He is Zou Ailing's younger brother. In this interview, Zou recalls his experiences during the Great Famine. In 1958, four-year-old Zou Quantang was given one bun per day; he would have starved to death if his sister did not save food for him. When he had dumplings for a New Year, he almost died of overload on that day. The filmmaker's description of this interview has been translated into English.